Catalan Separatists Win Election in Rebuke to Spain and EU

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Catalan independence supporters wave a 'estelada' ( pro-independence Catalan flag ) celebrate at the ANC ( Catalan National Assembly ) headquarters after results of the regional elections in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Catalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday, deepening the nation's political crisis in a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and European Union leaders who backed him. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

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Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, center, and former Catalan Health Minister Antoni Comin, left, gesture during a press conference at the Square Meeting Center in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. With nearly all votes counted, separatist parties won a slim majority in Catalan parliament, a result that promises to prolong political tensions which have damaged Spain's economy and prompted a business exodus from the region. AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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Catalan independence supporters watch Catalan President Carles Piugdemont, removed from office by Spain's central government following a declaration of independence by Catalonia's parliament, speaking from Brussels on a TV screen as they celebrate at the ANC ( Catalan National Assembly ) headquarters after results of the regional elections in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Rajoy, who called the elections after sacking the previous secessionist government, had hoped Catalonia's "silent majority" would deal separatism a decisive blow in what was a de facto independence referendum, but his hard line backfired. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

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A man holds up a banner in support of imprisoned Catalan politicians at a gathering of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) to follow results in Catalonia's regional elections in Barcelona, Spain December 21, 2017. The unexpected result sets the stage for the return to power of deposed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont who campaigned from self-exile in Brussels. State prosecutors accuse him of sedition, and he faces arrest if he were to return home. REUTERS/Albert Gea

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Catalan independence supporters toast as they celebrate at the ANC ( Catalan National Assembly ) headquarters after results of the regional elections in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. At jubilant pro-independence rallies around Barcelona, supporters chanted "President Puigdemont" and unfurled giant red-and-yellow Catalan flags as the results came in. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

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Ciutadans (Citizens) party supporters celebrate their party's results in the Catalan regional elections at the party headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Catalan authorities say that pro- and anti-independence parties are in a tight race with most of the vote counted in the regional election, but that the pro-secession bloc is heading toward regaining a majority. The anti-independence Ciutadans (Citizens), led by 36-year-old lawyer Ines Arrimadas, is likely to win the highest number of votes for a single party. AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

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